Design work sometimes feels slow, and not well suited to quick agile cadences and Scrum events. Learn UX techniques that fit beautifully into Scrum, and practice these techniques with a cross functional team in class.
Fixed time, fixed scope projects always end in 1 of 3 ways. None of them good.
Posted on February 7, 2019.Late last month, after a particularly frustrating meeting I posted the following tweet: It turned out, not surprisingly, that I wasn’t the only one dealing with this failed project management … Continue reading Fixed time, fixed scope projects always end in 1 of 3 ways. None of them good.
NPS is a waste of time. Use these metrics instead.
Posted on December 19, 2018.Ask any executive what the top 3 metrics they watch in their company are and you’ll get some combination of revenue and sales metrics and, of course, the company’s NPS. … Continue reading NPS is a waste of time. Use these metrics instead.
What if “the way we’ve always done things” is the fastest way to agility?
Posted on September 12, 2018.One of the biggest obstacles in changing the way your company works is undoing the years, often decades, of institutionalised inertia of “the way things have always been done.” There’s … Continue reading What if “the way we’ve always done things” is the fastest way to agility?
No amount of technology will make you “digital”
Posted on March 19, 2018.The next Sense & Respond Press book (our fourth) is going to be Lateral Leadership: A practical guide to managing agile teams by Tim Herbig.Sometimes you’re not in a position … Continue reading No amount of technology will make you “digital”
You suck at OKRs. Here’s why.
Posted on February 9, 2018.This post was originally published to my newsletter subscribers (40k of them now). If you’d like to get these in your inbox sign up here Every company I work with … Continue reading You suck at OKRs. Here’s why.
Digital Transformation Is Not Innovation
Posted on October 30, 2017.Josh Seiden & I are thrilled to announce the launch of Sense & Respond Press. Our newest venture, Sense & Respond Press, publishes short, beautiful, actionable books by leading practitioners … Continue reading Digital Transformation Is Not Innovation
Funding agility. What’s the right model?
Posted on October 2, 2017.16 5-star reviews for Sense & Respond: “Gothelf and Seiden starkly highlight that our twentieth-century management systems and practices simply cannot function in a world of constant change. In this … Continue reading Funding agility. What’s the right model?
Execs care about revenue. How do we get them to care about outcomes?
Posted on July 17, 2017.This post was originally published to my newsletter subscribers (12k of them now). If you’d like to get these in your inbox sign up here. If there’s one metric that … Continue reading Execs care about revenue. How do we get them to care about outcomes?
Tech-only Agile? You’re going to fail.
Posted on February 8, 2017.No more waiting! Sense & Respond is here and available. After two and a half years of work, Josh Seiden and I share our principles for the next century of … Continue reading Tech-only Agile? You’re going to fail.